THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

I stopped by your Grave Marker today, as a two year Veteran of Vietnam, I cleaned and restored Honor to your Marker as it should be. a Flag was placed, TAPS were Played, a 3 volley Salute, and a Slow Hand Salute were rendered. RIP my Brother, you will never be Forgotten.

To my uncle, my Brother in Arms. I carry your name and honor through my 24 years of service and deployments that engaged the enemies of our nation. I have also felt the sting of combat as you and your brother, my father. Chaney's have fought hard for this nation without discern or want of recognition. I am currently in the SGM Academy and it is you that I honor along with my other brothers and sisters that have paid the ultimate scrifice upon the alter of Freedom. May I bring honor to our name and family. Until Valhalla my dearest Uncle! Love you man!
Dave Chaney, your proud nephew!

Dear PFC Roy Chaney,
Thank you for your service as an Armor Crewman. This is the month that we remember all those who have passed-on. We remember you. It is so important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

PFC Roy L. Chaney, PSG Richard E. Dodd, SGT Alfredo Salazar, and SGT Dennis W. Webster were members of E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry. E Troop was based out of Di An in Binh Thuy Province, RVN. Their unit routinely conducted missions consisting of M113 armored personnel carriers and tanks which would form up in a perimeter while away from their base. From these formations daytime dismounted patrols would be launched several thousand meters into the surrounding jungle. The purpose of these patrols was to ambush NVA and Viet Cong operating in the area. The ambushes usually consisted of three Claymore mines “daisy chained” together with a trip-wire detonator. These would be left in place overnight while the patrol returned to their laager. After a night or two, a patrol would go back to the ambush site to assess damage inflicted on the enemy or retrieve the Claymores. On December 31, 1970, PFC Chaney, PSG Dodd, SGT Salazar, and SGT Webster were part of a patrol sent out to recover the ambush devices. A short time after leaving, the patrol radioed that they themselves had been ambushed. Evidently, the enemy detected the American’s Claymores and turned them against the patrol. The results were devastating. All four soldiers suffered fatal fragmentation wounds. Four other troopers behind them were spared when the steel balls fired by the mine went over their heads as they crossed through a depression in the ground. A medivac was requested, and the dead were removed from the field by helicopter. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and information provided by Wayne Meece (October 2017)]